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Murrnong is a permaculture farm and a source of activism, courses and consultancy in North Central Victoria, Australia. We are an integrated, diverse tree crop farm providing high-quality organic produce and a rich learning environment for self-reliant living.

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what a week to leave Australia from! a farm full of friends, living to our own routine, hanging out with goats and chickens, cooking, harvesting, creating, playing music. my caretaking session ended when felix arrived home from @black_barn_farm after helping with their orchard planting, but luckily could spend the weekend together looking after the farm that has looked after us all through childhood. thankful to all the parents out there raising their children to value the land and how we can help it support us. so great to be able to leave australia feeling so in touch and in love with the country I live in, the trees and rain and sky and grass and bush and animals and people. and if you know any people or places in eastern europe that are growing or creating something great, and would like some help from an 18 year old aussie woman for a couple of weeks I would love to hear about it! ~grace

Wind shelter works. There is a 40 km/hr wind pulling up those white caps on the lake in the background, yet where we took this photo there is only gentle air flow. Here it is retained vegetation that is providing the wind shelter service, among many other ecological functions. When regenerating cleared farmland, as we did at Murrnong 20 years ago, we can design our wind shelter to give many of these ecological functions. The planting can also be productive mixed species linear forestry, with trees and shrubs providing a range of yields. With prudent selection over time, the wind shelter can be maintained while also giving mulch, firewood, posts and poles, animal fodder, and eventually, saw logs. The skills of farm forestry can also be be well applied in larger urban parks and gardens. There is no reason not to combine amenity and habitat with useful production. #permaculture #orchard #murrnongpdc #murrnongfarm #permaculturedesign #natureatwork #windshelter #windbreak #farmforestry #useandvaluerenewableresourcesandservices #useandvaluediversity #regenerativeagriculture #integrateratherthansegregate #reskilling #regenerativemanagement

this book!! I've never made cheese alone before (haven't even been involved in dairy processes here for over a year) and yet here are 2 out of 4 chèvres that even the french enjoyed! cheese and yogurt making was the most daunting part of caretaking, but we had a bunch of fun watching the curds separate, ladling, pouring, hanging cheeses around the kitchen and making plenty of mistakes. And yet no milk was wasted, and half a chèvre already eaten with cornchips as a movie snack last night. #homecheesemaking #goatscheese ~grace

Claire, intern from france, strung up more bell peppers this morning. #passivesolar drying in todays winter sun through the northern facing kitchen window. The seedlings are also enjoying the warmth, sun and protection from frost. #renewableresources #passivesolardesign ~grace

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Murrnong
4446 Murchison Violet Town Rd
Violet Town
VIC 3669

phone: 0428 981 679

email: murrnong@gmail.com